Category: Grants & Contracts

The Dark World of Research Administrators

Posted on September 18, 2013 by |
Research administrators spend a lot of time trying to convince people of things. Whether it’s persuading senior leadership that additional staff will be needed to meet a new sponsor requirement or investigators to get their proposals in just a teeny bit…
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Rehab And Weight Loss

Posted on September 18, 2013 by |
Episode 10 of a 12 part series where Edward Johnson Jr. (a.k.a. Eddie) sits down with Sandra Nordahl, President, Society of Research Administrators International (SRA), to discuss the mission of SRA and the effects of sequestration on research administration.
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Sequestration Countermeasures

Posted on September 16, 2013 by |
No, not that King James…LeBron James, King of the Hardcourt. Listen, if you want to succeed in the midst of sequestration, you have no choice but to take your game to a whole new level. Just like LeBron James did…
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Losing In The Trenches

Posted on September 16, 2013 by |
Stop bickering and start working together…please! Episode 8 of a 12 part series where Edward Johnson Jr. (a.k.a. Eddie) sits down with Sandra Nordahl, President, Society of Research Administrators International (SRA), to discuss the mission of SRA and the effects…
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Posted on August 20, 2013 by |
Recently, the Huffington Post looked in-depth at how sequestration’s budget cuts were affecting scientific research. In 2013, $1.7 billion will be trimmed from the NIH budget due to sequestration. The impact of those cuts are being felt in many ways…
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Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Find Me A Grant

Posted on June 3, 2013 by |
The final episode of an 8 part series where Edward Johnson Jr. (a.k.a. Eddie) sits down with  Hilda Alajajian, Grants Resource Specialist at the University of Vermont, to discuss tools and time-saving techniques for finding available research funds.
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Grants Market Insider Trading

Posted on May 29, 2013 by |
Part 7 of an 8 part series where Edward Johnson Jr. (a.k.a. Eddie) sits down with  Hilda Alajajian, Grants Resource Specialist at the University of Vermont, to discuss tools and time-saving techniques for finding available research funds.
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Posted on May 16, 2013 by |
As discussed here previously, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, requested “access to the scientific/technical reviews and the Program Officers Review Analysis” for five specific social science awards from the…
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The Politics of Peer Review

Posted on May 15, 2013 by |
NSF, and the Scientific Peer Review System, Under Congressional Scrutiny In April 2013, in the course of hearings by the House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), the new chairman of that committee, raised…
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